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(No Model.) J. P. ROWLBTT.

WEATHER STRIP.

PatentedApr.29,1884.v

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH F. RowLErr, oF RIoHMoND, INDIANA, ASSIGNOB, BY DIREor AND MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO FRANK DENNIS A D cARRIE N. ROWLETT, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

WEATH ER- STRlP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,636, dated April29, 1884.

Application filed J annary 30, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH F. RowLE'rT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Richmond, in the county of WVayne and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain'new and useful Improvements in WVeather-Strips, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to that class of weatherstrips intended to be usedupon doors in dwelling-houses, and which are operated by the closing ofthe door.

My invention consists in a counterbalance- I 5 weight attached to thehinged strip of the apparatus, serving. to hold the same in the requiredposition.

In the drawings, Figure I is a vertical cross-section of the lowerportion of the door,

showing the weather-strip as attached when the door is open. Fig. 2 is asimilar-sectional view, showing the door closed and the weather-strip inposition to protect the aperture between the bottom of the door and thedoor-sill. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the weather-strip, showing theshape and posi tion of the counterbalanceweight, also the stop used tocheck the motion of the hinged strip. I

In Fig. 1, A represents the edge of the lower )ortion of a door. B is astrip equal in length to the width of the door, having a plain surfaceon the side attached to the door, to which it is secured by screws, orin any other suitable way, near the bottom of the same. The outsidesurface of the strip B is irregular, and in the form of a molding, thelower edge of which forms a projection sufficient to overlap the strip0, as shown at F, Fig. 2.

C, Fig. 1, is a hinged longitudinal strip corresponding in length to thefixed strip B, and of suitable width to constitute a sufficientprotection to the aperture between the door and the sill, and is hingedin a suitable manner to the lower outer edge of the fixed strip B,

(shown at G.) The upper edge of the hinged strip 0 is supported, whenthe door is open,

by a stop or catch, E, where it is held in position above and free fromthe floor by the action of the counterbalanceweight F, which is alongitudinal metallic bar or strip attached to the inside upper edge ofthe hinged strip 0 by means of screws or nails L, as shown in Figs. 1,2, and 3. The metallic bar Fserves to prevent the strip 0 from warpingor twisting, and also assists in holding it in a horizontal positionfree from-the floor when the door is swinging.

J, Fig. 2, represents the door-casing, which is at right angles with theface of the door when it is closed.

H,'Fig. 2, is a circular knob or button secured to the casing J in suchposition that in swinging the door toward its closed position the outeredge of the hinged strip 0 comes in 6 5 contact with the lower circularedge of the button H, and is pressed down so as to give the stripGnearly a vertical position, thus closing the aperture under the door,and retaining the strip 0 in that position.

In Fig. 3, B represents that surface of the nod strip which is incontact with the door. 0 is the hinged strip. F is the longitudinalmetallic counterbalance-weight, and I is .a catch-plate that comes incontact with the stop E.

It will be seen that in the manufacture of my improved weather-stripsthey may be made of a length equal to the widest doors, and as themetallic counter-balance is made shorter than the whole length of theweatherstrip, the ends,-which are of wood only, may be cut off to fitnarrower doors without otherwise changing the condition. The weight orcounter-balance F extends nearly the whole length of the strip 0, bywhich the counterbalance acts upon the entire length of the strip. 7

I am aware that rotating strips with sockets on the ends and weightswithin the sockets have been used. This combination I disclaim. Nor do Iclaim a strip turning upon its own axis, to which a connterbalance is attached.

Having thus fully described my said inven- In testimony whereof I affixmy signature in tion, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure presenceof two witnesses. by Letters Patent, is-- In combination with mold B,the hinged JOSEPH F. ROVLE'LT.

5 strip 0, the longitudinal metallic bar F, fastenings L, stop E, andprojection or button H, \Vitnesscs: all constructed for the purpose asherein de- M. A. PEELLE, scribed. \V. T. DENNIS.

